Jerry Apodaca

Raymond S. "Jerry" Apodaca (3 October 1934-) was Governor of New Mexico (D) from 1 January 1975 to 1 January 1979, interrupting Bruce King's terms.

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Raymond S. Apodaca was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico in 1934, and he worked in the insurance business before serving in the State Senate from 1966 to 1974 and then as Governor from 1975 to 1979 as a Democrat, becoming the first Hispanic governor in the United States since 1918 (alongside Arizona governor Raul Hector Castro, who was elected that same year). He reorganized the state government to create a cabinet system with twelve departments, consolidating agencies and abolishing several boards and commission. After leaving office in 1979, he served as Chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports from 1978 to 1980.